THE LIFE OF SAINT FILOTHEI AT THE SHADOW THEATER
Teachers, parents, and pupils throughout Greece may enjoy the great tribute to the life and work of Saint Filothei through an original dramatized text written by Mr. Iosif Vivilakis, Professor at the Department of Theater Studies of the School of Philosophy, University of Athens. The play entitled “The life of the noble young lady of Athens”, known to all of us as Saint Filothei who devoted her life to serving...
MODERN ICON PAINTING THROUGH THE WORKS OF G. KORDIS AT THE BYZANTINE MUSEUM OF ATHENS
Modern icon painting, the approach, and depiction of the holiest standards of Orthodoxy, is proof of continuity of the high art of icon painting. The Byzantine and Christian Museum, consistent in its role as one of the most important museums worldwide that promotes the art and the culture of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine times, hosts a permanent collection of 25,000 exhibits from the 3rd until the 20th century and a...
CAMPAIGN FOR ALZHEIMER’S ORGANIZED BY "APOSTOLI"
On the occasion of the World Alzheimer's Day on September 21, Karelleio Charitable Organization "Apostoli" of the Archdiocese of Athens, in collaboration with company MEGA, offers free memory tests and informs the public with scheduled seminars. "Karelleio" organizes activities for seniors throughout the year, and focuses on diseases that occur to older people, in their prevention and early-on address and in everyday issues of this sensitive age group. In view...
RENOVATION WORKS AT THE SAINT CATHERINE OF SINAI ARE COMPLETED
For the benefit and the convenience of visitors as well as to increase tourist traffic at the Saint Catherine of Sinai, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities undertook and completed renovation works that were opened to the public in early September. The works included repair of the roads leading to the Monastery and to Mount Moses, creation of large parking lots for cars and tourist buses, landscaping of the surrounding area...
The exhibition titled "The glow of the mosaic. Authentic and copies from Thessaloniki and Ravenna” will run until October 30, 2019
At the Rotunda, a monument of Thessaloniki and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are exhibited until October 30 mosaics of Thessaloniki and Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna, a city known for its mosaics. Early Christian original copies of mosaics from monuments of Ravenna and Thessaloniki, which depict the procession of Empress Theodora and her retinue, as well as the imaginary city of Jerusalem, from the monument of San Vital in Ravenna....
IMPRESSIVE EUROPEAN CHURCHES
The recent fire at the Notre Dame, the emblematic temple of Paris, shocked not only the French but the entire world, people who through temples - monuments feel the continuity of their cultural heritage, of their history and ultimately their own continuity. As renovations at the temple of Paris have already started and a part of it is ready to be visited, we take a look at Europe's most important...
Famous churches dedicated to the Panagia - Panagia Ekatontapyliani
PANAGIA EKATONTAPYLIANI WITH ITS 99 APPARENT GATES AND 1 HIDDEN The historical and artistic value of the church makes it a masterpiece, for which there are very few data from historical sources, while many details remain obscure and are known through oral tradition. The church is located at the center of the port of Paros, in Parikia, and is undoubtedly impressive, extremely well preserved and beautiful. Panagia Ekatontapyliani or Katapoliani,...
AFTERFEAST OF THE DORMITION OF THE THEOTOKOS
The "Apodosis" is a term which according to the tradition of our church means the completion of a great Christian celebration that began before eight days and has its roots in the Jewish religion. Nine days after the Dormition of the Theotokos, on August 23 our church celebrates the Apodosis (leavetaking) of the Dormition of the Theotokos. Many churches honor this day with great celebrations while in some parts...
